No injuries after intense vehicle fire in grocery store parking lot

Crews battle a vehicle fire in a grocery store parking lot in Oro-Medonte, Ont., on Sat., March 21, 2026. (Source: Oro-Medonte Fire & Emergency Services/Supplied)

Emergency crews responded to a vehicle that was on fire in a grocery store parking lot in Oro-Medonte Saturday evening.

According to Roree Payment, the township’s fire chief, firefighters were dispatched just before 9 p.m. to the Craighurst Foodland on Horseshoe Valley Road.

He says the fire was contained to the vehicle in the parking lot.

No injuries or exposures were reported in the incident.

A photo provided by Payment to CTV News shows crews fighting the fire in a heavy cloud of what appears to be smoke and fire retardant.

The cause of the incident remains to be determined.